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sales tax, property tax? >> sales tax and property tax. what happens is -- >> there's no income tax. >> yeah, no income tax. we're in a position working hard to compete. no income tax, right to work state. low-business tax and more businesses don't pay it every year. companies like hertz are moving down there because they can solve their customer needs because they don't pay taxes. if they're in new york or connecticut, they'd have to pay. >> okay. so how will you replace the $2 billion? >> sales taxes. >> will they have to go up? >> no, i'm cutting taxes -- i've cut taxes every year. i've been governor three years, cut taxes basically 24 times. it's property taxes, business taxes, sales tax. we have all budget surplus, i walked in with a budget deficit, i now have a $1.2 billion surplus. we're making our economy the opportunity economy where, you know, if you want to build a business, you can -- and you want to get a job, you come to florida. >> your unemployment rate has dropped quicker than any other state, i know that. and you're now -
sales tax, property tax? >> sales tax and property tax. what happens is -- >> there's no income tax. >> yeah, no income tax. we're in a position working hard to compete. no income tax, right to work state. low-business tax and more businesses don't pay it every year. companies like hertz are moving down there because they can solve their customer needs because they don't pay taxes. if they're in new york or connecticut, they'd have to pay. >> okay. so how will you...
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rate might end up with more revenues that raising taxes? >> for the country as a whole, right. we can learn as a country they'll go to other countries if they don't -- >> we should talk about tax. >> all right. gord gordon, thank you. say hi to johnny. >>> when we come back, we have the numbers out at 8:15 eastern time from the jobs data. every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. you can fill that box and pay one flat rate. i didn't know the coal thing was real. it's very real... david rivera. rivera, david. [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. [ male announcer ] this december, experience the gift of unsurpassed
rate might end up with more revenues that raising taxes? >> for the country as a whole, right. we can learn as a country they'll go to other countries if they don't -- >> we should talk about tax. >> all right. gord gordon, thank you. say hi to johnny. >>> when we come back, we have the numbers out at 8:15 eastern time from the jobs data. every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp...
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idea of tax avoidance is better than -- >> that sounds like it is not tax avoidance, that is tax evasion. if you're avoiding the taxes, it should be able to with stand -- >> it might be satisfying just to do it so they can't see. even if you're not breaking the law. >> by itself, it doesn't sound that bad. but when you combine it with the nsa reading the e-mails and you get into the long arm of the law -- >> no, i'm in favor of this. i'm in favor of the fed going after this because i think in order for taxation to work, that everybody should be held up to the same laws. you can find about what those tax laws should be, but you -- whatever the law of the land is what we all have to live under that rule. >> we have people in congress now that are -- that want to make -- they don't care where the u.s. companies are. it's almost a punitive. they look at apple and the way that -- >> but these are individuals who are hiding money over there. >> but this makes the end of every hollywood caper not true any more. the idea of the guy who does the crime and escapes to the -- >> that is my point. >>
idea of tax avoidance is better than -- >> that sounds like it is not tax avoidance, that is tax evasion. if you're avoiding the taxes, it should be able to with stand -- >> it might be satisfying just to do it so they can't see. even if you're not breaking the law. >> by itself, it doesn't sound that bad. but when you combine it with the nsa reading the e-mails and you get into the long arm of the law -- >> no, i'm in favor of this. i'm in favor of the fed going after...
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taxes and health care. it made no difference. >> if you do -- i know you don't -- but you know that obama care's at 57%. >> forget it. >> if that was the issue, it was just obama care, you wouldn't have gotten 51%. but what elected -- what spawned the tea party, what spawned that 2010 route was the way the democrats passed obama care where you took 20% of the economy without a single republican vote. you even lost ted kennedy's seat in the process as it was happening, had to do reconciliation. it was ugly, that's why we're sitting here in this poisonous atmosphere. and look what we're dealing with with obama care. do you think you should have done it that way? >> but the fact of the matter is, we were also in the deepest recession anyone here has experienced. >> can i ask one question? >> which leads to anger and fear and reaction against all of those that they felt responsible had to put them in that trick bag. >> we are up against a hard break with the commercial. but, leader, would you stay for the next
taxes and health care. it made no difference. >> if you do -- i know you don't -- but you know that obama care's at 57%. >> forget it. >> if that was the issue, it was just obama care, you wouldn't have gotten 51%. but what elected -- what spawned the tea party, what spawned that 2010 route was the way the democrats passed obama care where you took 20% of the economy without a single republican vote. you even lost ted kennedy's seat in the process as it was happening, had to...
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and the rates in new york with sales tax and everything and income taxes, state income taxes are roughly the same rate. so the tax equalization. i don't pay double. it gets offset. >> i don't know what that says, now we're equal to -- >> it's about 50%, basically is the marginal rate. >> you think that's fine? >> well, the british government reduced it from 50% to 45% and i thought that was wrong at the beginning of the conservative coalition because they said they were doing it to try and increase entrepreneurial activity. i think the best way to do that is a capital gains tax, not income tax. so i think that was misplaced. and i think at a time when people were worried about inequality and equality, which was high on the political agenda, i think it was the wrong thing to do. >> it brings up a lot of issues about income equality. and we know the one thing that solved income equality is growth and jobs. growth and jobs. not entitlements, not redistribution, it's growth and jobs. and some of the efforts to do it the other way, to have the government orchestrate a shrinking of it -- >> fa
and the rates in new york with sales tax and everything and income taxes, state income taxes are roughly the same rate. so the tax equalization. i don't pay double. it gets offset. >> i don't know what that says, now we're equal to -- >> it's about 50%, basically is the marginal rate. >> you think that's fine? >> well, the british government reduced it from 50% to 45% and i thought that was wrong at the beginning of the conservative coalition because they said they were...
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taxes, whereas the not for property guys are the ones receiving subsidies. as far as i'm concerned, money is money. the only difference in private and public money is ideological. you draw a line between the two. public money becomes purer -- >> but it's worth ten cents on the dollar. >> i don't disagree with you. >> you're one of the old democrats. you're looking around saying what am i. >> i don't -- by the way, it's sort of what we were talking about earlier with iran. i don't think it's a question of choosing one or the other. i think you need to have a healthy balance of both. but if you start off with a regulatory bias against the for profit sector. >> you do. >> i understand, i don't disagree. >> i'm appealing to you, stand up and be -- >> i'm sitting down -- >> i think bill clinton was a republican. are you sure he was a democrat? >> i have no idea. >> senator kerrey will be with us for the rest of the program. >> do you want to be called senator or governor? >> you can call me bob. >> he wants to be senator. don't call anyone governor. >> walking de
taxes, whereas the not for property guys are the ones receiving subsidies. as far as i'm concerned, money is money. the only difference in private and public money is ideological. you draw a line between the two. public money becomes purer -- >> but it's worth ten cents on the dollar. >> i don't disagree with you. >> you're one of the old democrats. you're looking around saying what am i. >> i don't -- by the way, it's sort of what we were talking about earlier with...
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>> i do buy it on amazon and i do pay taxes. in the state of new jersey, you have to say here is what i bought and i go and i print out everything i bought on amazon and i do pay sales tax on it. >> that's why i don't buy anything. >> it's complicated. but what i will say is has not said they are interested in ever collecting it. their problem is trying to figure it out. their point is they would hike a federal system set up that says you either pay one state sales tax or you buy one, you know, federal fee that then is splitted pup i can understand that argument. >> and, again, obama care developers, are they available to develop this for us for the federal -- >> i don't know. they might be busy right now. >> maybe we can wait. if somebody like amazon could deal with figuring out 5,000 different tax jurisdictions, it would be a pain, but they could figure it out. >> they can deliver packages with a drone, they can figure this out. >> right. it's complicated stuff, but it's people who are the -- >> was that a pr stunt yesterday o
>> i do buy it on amazon and i do pay taxes. in the state of new jersey, you have to say here is what i bought and i go and i print out everything i bought on amazon and i do pay sales tax on it. >> that's why i don't buy anything. >> it's complicated. but what i will say is has not said they are interested in ever collecting it. their problem is trying to figure it out. their point is they would hike a federal system set up that says you either pay one state sales tax or you...